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Review – Klara and the Sun

Hugh Verheylewegen — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:43:32 +0000

Directed by Taika Waititi and based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun is set in a dystopian future where technological advances in genetic engineering have divided humans into strict, isolated social classes. An obsolete companion android named Klara (Jenna Ortega) tries to bond with Josie (Mia Tharia), a sick girl for...

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Binary System Podcast #528 – WTNV #296 “Emergency Alerts” and Better Call Saul

llyzabeth — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:55:00 +0000

On this week’s Night Vale recap, the city has installed a brand new Emergency Broadcast Text Alert System and Cecil is NOT THREATENED AT ALL NO SIR NOT A PARTICLE. But if he’s being honest, the incoming tornado is just a little more threatening than that so TAKE COVER. Then we jump into season 4...

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Review – Carrie Season 1

Hugh Verheylewegen — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:51:33 +0000

Created by Mike Flanagan and based on the novel by Stephen King, Carrie is a reimagining of the story of misfit high schooler Carrie White (Summer H. Howell), who has spent her life in seclusion with her domineering mother (Samantha Sloyan). After her father’s sudden death, Carrie finds herself contending with the challenges of attending...

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NYCC 2026 Photo Gallery – Day Four

Hugh Verheylewegen — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:58:11 +0000

New York Comic Con was a truly insane experience from start to end but one that I will remember forever for both my first time at this major convention and my first time in one of America’s biggest cities. While I wasn’t able to experience everything that the convention and the city had to offer,...

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Binary System Podcast #527 – Better Call Saul, Season 3 Finale

Kathryn Adams — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:55:00 +0000

Oh boy. People who have already seen the whole Better Call Saul series have probably been waiting for our reaction to this episode. People who haven’t seen it, strap in, because stuff happens in the Season 3 finale. Spoilers ahoy. Last episode was about how well the characters mask their real feelings or intentions. This...

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NYCC 2026 Photo Gallery – Day Three

Hugh Verheylewegen — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:12:29 +0000

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NYCC 2026 Photo Gallery – Day Two

Hugh Verheylewegen — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:06:23 +0000

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Review: The Salt King

Kathryn Adams — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:55:00 +0000

“It’s about the missing priest.” “He’s not missing, the guard said, looking puzzled. “He’s over there by the paddock. He turned to salt.” (Note for posterity: I didn’t have a big family vacation scheduled to preserve my streak of always having a new Natasha Pulley book to read for such events, but my sister was...

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NYCC 2026 Photo Gallery – Day One

Hugh Verheylewegen — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:37:54 +0000

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Review – Lanterns season 1

Hugh Verheylewegen — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:00:15 +0000

Created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King, Lanterns follows experienced Green Lantern Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and new recruit John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) as they investigate a murder in Rushville, Nebraska, which Hal believes is an extraterrestrial incident, leading them to darker mysteries and reckonings. Among the vast library of superhero characters and...

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Binary System Podcast #526 – WTNV #295 “The Book of Dale” and Better Call Saul

llyzabeth — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:55:00 +0000

On this week’s Night Vale recap, Harrison Kip’s god Dale has written a book and the Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home doesn’t think it’s worth much. Yep. That’s a legitimate sentence you can write when you’re recapping Night Vale. After that we jump into season three episode nine of Better Call...

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Review – East of Eden

Hugh Verheylewegen — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:25:28 +0000

Created by Zoe Kazan and based on the novel of the same name by John Steinbeck, East of Eden is set in the farmlands of California’s Salinas Valley in the early 20th century and follows the multigenerational saga of the Trask family. John Steinbeck is responsible for writing many incredible novels and East of Eden...

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Binary System Podcast #525 Backrooms (again) and Better Call Saul

Kathryn Adams — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:55:00 +0000

Okay, yes, we know we’ve already talked about the movie Backrooms in a previous episode. But we just watched the video “Everything Must Go” that Kane Parsons put up for free on YouTube, and since that’s something of a prequel then we had to rewatch the movie and then fangirl about all the ways it’s...

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Review – Forgotten Island

Hugh Verheylewegen — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:15:48 +0000

Directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado, Forgotten Island takes place In the Philippines during the 1990s, where two childhood friends, Jo (H.E.R.) and Raissa (Liza Soberano), promise to remain close forever. After graduating high school years later, Raissa prepares to move to the United States for college at the urging of her parents. Fearing...

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Binary System Podcast #524 – WTNV #294 “Revelations”, and Better Call Saul

llyzabeth — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:55:00 +0000

On this week’s Night Vale recap, modern-day Cecil is back with some divine revelations from a god with a super underwhelming name. (Also the trees are being gross and they can knock that off RIGHT NOW.) After that we get into season 3 episodes 6 and 7 of Better Call Saul, where Jimmy has a...

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Review – Primetime

Hugh Verheylewegen — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:51:03 +0000

Directed by Lance Oppenheim, Primetime is set in 2006 and follows Dateline NBC series host Chris Hansen (Robert Pattinson) as he evolves from a conventional news reporter into the aggressive, famous face of the cultural TV phenomenon, To Catch a Predator. Now, I was growing up around the time To Catch a Predator was airing but I never...

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Review: A Trade of Blood: An Ana and Din Mystery (Shadow of the Leviathan Book 3)

Kathryn Adams — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:55:00 +0000

Robert Jackson Bennett returns with another installment in his award-winning series featuring the detective Ana Dolabra and her long-suffering assistant Dinios Kol. The third book in the series involves one of the weirder murder tropes: the murderer who was caught red-handed and seemingly has no explanation for why he committed the murder in the first...

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Binary System Podcast #523 – The Invisible Man (2020)

Kathryn Adams — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:44:25 +0000

Special guest star Hannah Wallace was visiting the East Coast branch of Binary System Podcast this week, and to celebrate we watched a movie together, just like we planned! Well, sort of planned. We did not watch Jordan Peel’s movie Us, but we did watch the 2020 film The Invisible Man, something Hannah’s been trying...

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Review – Resident Evil (2026)

Hugh Verheylewegen — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 03:41:26 +0000

Directed by Zach Cregger and based on the video game universe of the same name, Resident Evil follows a medical courier named Bryan (Austin Abrams), who is in the process of making a delivery to Raccoon City General Hospital when an outbreak forces him to fight for survival. When it comes to the many video...

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Binary System Podcast #522 – WTNV #293 “The Boys (1946), Better Call Saul, and Nope

llyzabeth — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:43:25 +0000

On this week’s Night Vale recap the radio station is still being run by the late Leonard “Gone But Still Talking” Burton because Cecil is still missing. OR IS HE? No, he is, but not for long… Anyway, Leonard gives us an episode from 1946 where the Boys have come home from the Great War....

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Binary System Podcast #521 – Hugo Awards, Better Call Saul, and In Memoriam

Kathryn Adams — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:55:00 +0000

Yes yes, we know we said we’d have an episode of Welcome to Night Vale to recap this week, but in our defense we are BAD AT COUNTING, and we won’t be able to recap the new Night Vale episode until next week. At least we have a few other things to discuss. The good:...

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2026 Hugo Awards – The Winners

Kathryn Adams — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:55:00 +0000

Congratulations to all of the Hugo Award winners and nominees! Check the list below for the winning entries and links to all the reviews 2026 Hugo Award Finalists (and Winners!) Best Novel Best Novella Best Novelette Best Short Story Best Series Best Graphic Story or Comic Best Related Work Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Best...

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Binary System Podcast #520 – The final two episodes of Beastars

llyzabeth — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:55:00 +0000

It’s finally here, the last two episodes of the very last season of Beastars and……okay, we’re not gonna lie, it’s not great. Spoiler warnings for everything, including the rest of this description, but what the absolute hell. Why reveal the (super shocking and out of nowhere) truth about the artificial meat if you’re not going...

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Review – Coyote vs. ACME

Hugh Verheylewegen — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:34:10 +0000

Directed by Dave Green, Coyote vs. ACME follows the insane underdog journey of famous Looney Tunes icon, Wile E. Coyote. After decades of endless physical pain and failed gadgetry in pursuit of the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote decides he has had enough and hires a down-on-his-luck human billboard lawyer, Kevin Avery (Will Forte), to...

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Review: Death of the Author

Kathryn Adams — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:55:00 +0000

“What better time to listen to a story than when the world is about to end?” It’s the last of the main Hugo-nominated fiction entries – just in time for the award ceremony on August 30 – and what a nominee to finish up with! Nnedi Okorafor’s novel is an Afrofuturist, robot apocalypse, wild family...

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The Power Fantasy – volumes 1-3

llyzabeth — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:38:57 +0000

“Mr. Lux, is everyone safe now?”“There’s six people with Superpowers on the planet. Of course not.” When I heard that volume one of Kieron Gillen’s The Power Fantasy had been nominated for a Hugo award, I picked it up. After reading it, I immediately picked up volumes two and three. And then I put off...

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Review – My Adventures With Superman Season 3

Hugh Verheylewegen — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:51:10 +0000

Created by Jake Wyatt, Brendan Clougher and Josie Campbell, My Adventures With Superman Season 3 continues the story of the team of Clark Kent (Jack Quaid), Lois Lane (Alice Lee), Jimmy Olsen (Ishmel Sahid) and the newly added Kara Zor-El (Kiana Madeira) following their grand confrontation with Brainiac (Michael Emerson). Clark has truly become Superman...

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SDCC 2026 – Cosplay

Alex Dejecacion — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:25:40 +0000

I was very happy to get back to San Diego Comic-Con, both inside the convention center and in the Gaslamp, and I appreciate everyone who let me take a photo of their amazing creations, not to mention some of the amazing collectibles on the sales floor. Please enjoy this gallery of my photos from the...

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Binary System Podcast #519 – WTNV #292 “Collectibles (1999)” and Beastars

Kathryn Adams — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:55:00 +0000

It’s another flashback episode as Leonard Burton tries to distract us from the fact that Cecil is still missing. This week’s trip to the archives takes us to 1999, where a young Cecil is dipping his toes into the information superhighway and spending way too much on Beanie Babies from the brand-new online auction site:...

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Review – X-Men ’97 Season 2

Hugh Verheylewegen — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:54:54 +0000

Helmed by Matthew Chauncey, X-Men ’97 Season 2 follows the X-Men who are scattered across different eras in time—from Ancient Egypt to the far future—and must find their way back to the 1990s to stop the ancient tyrant Apocalypse (Ross Marquand), who emerges as a primary threat where he seeks to once again enforce a...

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Binary System Podcast #518 – Beastars and Better Call Saul

llyzabeth — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:55:00 +0000

On this week’s recap of Beastars season 3 episode 21 (…yes 21, we doublechecked this time it really is 21…) we ask the important questions: will Louis end up with Juno, or pine away for Legoshi? What’s up with the MMA rabbit woman? Why do the A-Team animators always handle the bits with the rats?...

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Review – The End of Oak Street

Hugh Verheylewegen — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:40:14 +0000

Directed by David Robert Mitchell, The End of Oak Street follows the Platt family as they experience a mysterious cosmic event that uproots Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to an unknown location with prehistoric creatures. They discover that their survival now depends on sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings....

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Review: The Incandescent

Kathryn Adams — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:55:00 +0000

It was an unfortunate truth that in the Venn diagram of ‘qualified to teach magic’ and ‘still alive,’ the overlap consisted almost entirely of people who had always been much too sensible to accidentally get eaten by a demon… “School of Magicians” is one of my favorite story tropes, right up there with “Let Me...

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Review – Batman: Caped Crusader

Hugh Verheylewegen — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:42:46 +0000

Created by Bruce Timm, Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2 follows directly after the events of Season 1 where Batman (Hamish Linklater) and his allies are rallying together to dismantle Rupert Thorne’s criminal enterprise. But dethroning a reigning crime boss comes at a high price when new threats arise in the form of more violent villains...

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Binary System Podcast #517 – WTNV #291 “Mall Madness (1987)” and Beastars

Kathryn Adams — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:55:00 +0000

Welcome To Night Vale is back from hiatus! To celebrate (and to cover for the fact that Cecil is missing) guest radio host Leonard Burton is sharing an episode from the archives! So send your Betamax back to the store, grab yourself an Orange Julius, and make sure you have your credit card handy for...

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SDCC 2026 – Cosplay and more

Lauren Wilson — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:33:20 +0000

Despite being hellaciously jetlagged from flying back to the US the day before, I had a fantastic time at San Diego Comic-Con. Between the cosplay and the artwork on display, there’s so much creativity to be seen. Thank you to everyone who let me take their photo, I’d love to tag you in these shots...

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GalaxyCon Raleigh 2026 Photo Gallery

Kathryn Adams — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:17:33 +0000

See below for a gallery of photos by Nathan Adams from this year’s GalaxyCon Raleigh! Cosplayers from The Amazing Digital Circus featured heavily; thank you to the organizers of the TADC meet-up for inviting us! Let us know in the comments if you spot yourself or someone you know so we can tag you!

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Review – Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Hugh Verheylewegen — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:05:05 +0000

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, Spider-Man: Brand New Day takes place four years after the events of No Way Home, and follows Peter Parker (Tom Holland), who is now living entirely alone, having voluntarily erased himself from the lives and memories of those he loves in order to protect them. Crime-fighting in a New York...

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Binary System Podcast #516 – GalaxyCon, San Diego Comic-Con, and Beastars

llyzabeth — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:55:00 +0000

Last weekend Binary System went to ALL THE CONVENTIONS. Well, two of them. But they were big ones! This week we’re recapping GalaxyCon in Raleigh and Comic-Con in San Diego, going over the good (Cosplay! Cute merch! Famous artists! Amazing Digital Circus meetup!!) the bad (ugh it was hot in San Diego) (oh like 79...

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SDCC 2026 – My Photo Gallery #2

Sthrngrlsrck — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:06:12 +0000

Here’s another gallery of photos I took at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. I can never get enough of all the amazing cosplay, and my friends and I loved attending in cosplay too (but wow was it hot this year. Props to all the cosplayers who make it look easy!) Thank you to everybody who...

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SDCC 2026 – My Photo Gallery #1

Sthrngrlsrck — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:22:18 +0000

This was another great year at Comic-Con, I had so much fun wandering the sales floor, taking pictures of cool toys and cosplay, and dressing in my own cosplay too! In no particular order, here’s my first bunch of photos, from Preview Night all the way through Sunday. (Including the Sidshow Collectibles booth, I’m so...

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SDCC 2026 Photo Gallery – Sunday

llyzabeth — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:15:29 +0000

See below for a gallery of photos from Sunday’s San Diego Comic-Con! Sunday is always a lighter day for cosplay, but there were still lots of fantastic ones, plus more merch to scout out at the last minute. Let us know in the comments if you spot yourself or someone you know so we can...

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SDCC 2026 Photo Gallery – Saturday

llyzabeth — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 04:21:38 +0000

See below for a gallery of photos from Saturday’s San Diego Comic-Con! There was a lot more fantastic cosplay roaming around today, plus some excellent merch. (Premium Collectibles Studio is always worth a visit.) Let us know in the comments if you spot yourself or someone you know so we can tag you!

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SDCC 2026 Photo Gallery – Friday

llyzabeth — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:06:00 +0000

See below for a gallery of photos from Friday’s San Diego Comic-Con, featuring cosplay, merch, the sales floor, and more! Let us know in the comments if you spot yourself or someone you know so we can tag you!

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SDCC 2026 – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Hall H Panel

Sthrngrlsrck — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:10:00 +0000

Paramount+ and CBS Studios return to San Diego for this year’s Comic-Con® International, with unforgettable fan experiences in anticipation of the new season of the hit Paramount+ original series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and Star Trek’s 60th anniversary. The festivities include: About Star Trek: Strange New WorldsThe 10-episode fourth season premieres globally Thursday, July 23 on Paramount+. New episodes...

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SDCC 2026 Photo Gallery – Thursday

llyzabeth — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 04:33:01 +0000

The San Diego photo galleries continue, see below for a gallery from Thursday. This year’s Thursday cosplay was on the light side, but what we did see was amazing. And we always have to get photos of the merch on the sales floor, and the larger-than-life images on the buildings in the Gaslamp. Let us...

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SDCC 2026 – Levine Querido Presents: Native American Author Julie Fiveash

Sthrngrlsrck — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000

Levine Querido is delighted to spotlight author Julie Fiveash and their new debut graphic novel The Froggy Library at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. The Froggy Library is a story about grief, Native American heritage, and community archives and librarianship. It tells the story of one important summer in Anura’s life — as they learn about independence and...

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SDCC 2026 Photo Gallery – Preview Night

llyzabeth — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:37:49 +0000

Welcome to the San Diego Comic-Con 2026 photo galleries! First up is Preview Night: usually light on the cosplay, so it’s a great time to see some of the amazing merch on the sales floor, including the triumphant return of Sideshow Collectibles! Let us know in the comments if you spot yourself or someone you...

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SDCC 2026 – Diversity in Fantasy Panel

Sthrngrlsrck — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Diversity in Fantasy Panel Returns to San Diego ComicCon 2026 with Powerhouse Lineup San Diego, CA — July 2026 — San Diego ComicCon 2026 welcomes the return of the acclaimed Diversity in Fantasy panel, taking place on Friday, July 24th, from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM in Room 09. Now in its fourth year, this...

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Binary System Podcast #515 – Beastars, and Preview to The Odyssey and Comic-Con!

Kathryn Adams — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:55:00 +0000

This week’s recap of Beastars features multiple instances of the word “weird”. Look, we know this is a fantasy show, and it doesn’t pay to look too closely into how a society of carnivores living side-by-side with potential food would actually work. But Bill the Tiger found a baby chick in his ramen, and him...

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